The Band Toto Asia
Toto was expanding its production facilities abroad and was doing business in France, Germany, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and the People's Republic of China. North America was seen as a market that would grow for toilets and bidet seats, in contrast to its "base" markets in Japan and China.
Dhaniram Toto documented Toto words so that the next generation could be able to read them. Many words were replaced with foreign ones. For example, dui, which is Bengali for verandah was being used.
Origins
The company was founded in 1917 and its early years were a mirror of Japan's economic development. In the beginning, Toto manufactured goods to meet the demand for modern, brand new urban housing. It had the first tunnel kiln in the nation to continuously produce ceramics. It also pioneered automation to allow production control, which helps to increase efficiency and consistency.
In the late 1980s the company began expanding overseas in order to take advantage of sales and new markets. The company established the Cera Trading Company to import and market other manufacturers' products in order to enhance its own range of sanitary earthenwares and plumbing fittings. This strategy helped to increase sales and expand the company's market share in the world.
By the 1990s, Toto had shifted its emphasis to research and development of household appliances that use water. It also upgraded its system of distribution to better serve its customers and boost profits. The company employed the same just-in-time approach to its supply chain management as well as sales program. This led to a higher level of satisfaction with the customer.
Toto has been able to continue to innovate on the toilet technology. Its most recent toilet, for instance, has a strong tornado flush that is more ecologically friendly than conventional toilets. The company uses recycled water for its manufacturing process and also has a green purchasing policy. In addition to toilets, Toto produces bathtubs and faucets, as well as hand dryers that are more energy efficient than standard models.
The first museum of the company opened in 2015 and features exhibits on Toto's seminal products and their development as well as its group companies (all related to ceramics), history of plumbing and other products like bath units, and in a separate gallery, Toto products sold around the world. The museum houses a bathroom with a washbasin and other toilet innovations.
Before the formation of Toto members of the group did sessions for a variety of musicians. Keyboardist David Paich, drummer Jeff Porcaro, and guitarists Mike Porcaro and Steve Lukather all played on the album Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs. They also performed on records by Steely Dan, Seals and Crofts, and Sonny and Cher.
Discography
You might expect a band with a name like Asia to be a prog rock band however, it's actually a fairly straight forward rock band. The band started out as a quartet and recorded two albums - 1979's self titled debut and 1980's Armed to the Teeth. However, even though the group have a variety of musical backgrounds their biggest hit came in 1982 with Toto IV.
The album was a huge blockbuster but not without its difficulties. The record companies put the band under pressure to deliver the top single or else they would pull them. Luckily for Toto, they did with the help of the smash hit single "Africa."
Toto's musical mastery is a result of their prior experience. Before joining the group, members worked as session musicians for artists like Boz Scaggs. Steely Dan and Seals and Crofts. Their sonic trademark has become the standard for 1980s music, and has inspired a lot of contemporary artists.
The album begins with a hefty dose of hard rock with songs like Running Out of Time and Unknown Soldier showcasing the bands ability to write fantastic AOR songs that slowly get their hooks into your mind. The album also has some slower, more jazzy tracks, like The Little Things and Chinatown. The album concludes with Great Expectations. This song is a mix of folk and distorted AOR which could appear completely unnatural, but actually works extremely well.
After Toto IV The band's fortunes turned for the worse. David Hungate left the band to pursue a solo career and the band had a variety of drummers. In 1984, Bobby Kimball left the band following drug-related charges. The band continued with Michael Porcaro, Steve Lukather and Michael Porcaro.
Despite the chaos, Toto forged ahead and released Isolation that was not as successful as IV. The group managed to release a chart-topping album, Kingdom of Desire, in 1992. This album marked the conclusion of the original Toto lineup and was the first album to feature the new singer, Simon Phillips.
Tours
The band has entertained millions of people across the world, performing sold-out shows in Europe, North America and Asia, as well as Australia and New Zealand. The band's repertoire is huge, and their collective catalog has accumulated more than billion streams on streaming services around the world. The band's music has inspired numerous generations of fans.
Steve Lukather and Joe Williams have forged a deep and vibrant friendship that flourishes professionally on a global scale. In 2018, the duo celebrated 40 Tours Around the Sun with a hugely successful global tour. The album that bears the same name reached #5 on Billboard 200. The new tour of the band features their greatest hits and rarely performed live deep cuts, alongside a selection of songs from Lukather and Williams' individual catalogs.
TOTO has a customer satisfaction rating of 20 based on its Net Promoter Score, which is a measure of how likely customers are to recommend the brand. Promoters are those who rate the company highly and actively encourage others to utilize their products or services. Detractors have negative opinions about the company and actively discourage people from using its products or services.
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Line-up
Turn Back, the band's third studio album it was a return to a classic sextet format and an even more consistent and powerful effort that had a more grittier edge. The more edgy sound of the album reflected the maturation of the group and featured drummer Bobby Kimball's increased virtuosity on drums, and a more mature, confident vocal delivery from singer Joseph Williams. Keyboardist David Paich's work was more refined, sharper and less cloned previously recorded recordings.
After touring to promote the album, the group recorded a live show in Amsterdam which was released as a set of two CDs entitled Falling In Between Live on Eagle Records. A new studio album followed just a few months later and the group went on an extensive world tour in support of it. During this time, keyboardist Greg Phillinganes filled in for Paich and bassist David Hungate left the group to spend more time with his family.
In 1998, Paich and Lukather started looking through old demos and tapes in search of a new record featuring songs that had never been recorded before. It was completed in 2001 and released as a double album titled Then and Now. 스포츠토토 사이트 was the first album in the band's history that did not include one single track with the word "A" in its title. It also included one previously not released track, "Kari-Anne".
By 2003, Toto had begun to decline in popularity. The group's fourth record, Old Is New was not a commercial success and vocalist Williams was suffering from laryngitis that restricted his singing capabilities. Additionally, Hungate returned to Nashville and drummer Leland Sklar was replaced by Shem von Schroeck.
Downes along with the other original members of Asia--Wetton, Palmer, and Howe--convened a meeting in England in the beginning of 2006 to discuss the possibility of officially restructuring the band. This lineup, minus Howe (who was a member of Yes at the time) was eventually referred to as Toto XIV and toured extensively.
In 2010, the band reunited for another reunion tour with a slightly different line-up, including guitarists Mike Porcaro and Steve Lukather, drummer John Pierce, bassist Shannon Forrest, and multi-instrumentalists Warren Ham and Dominique Taplin. The group also featured a special guest appearance from singer Michael McDonald and a backing vocalist named Mabvuto Carver.